27.05.2014
- A couple in the US state of Iowa is suing DuPont in a district court over a fire in a corn stover for a new cellulosic ethanol plant in March of this year. Burdell and Barbara...
20.05.2014
- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the comment period for its proposed revisions to the agricultural Worker Protection Standard for an additional 60 days...
08.05.2014
- The U.S. environmental protection agency EPA has opened a public comment period on a proposed regulatory decision to register Dow Agrosciences' herbicide Enlist Duo, a proprietary...
24.04.2014
- Cleveland Potash Limited (CPL), a subsidiary of Israel-based ICL Fertilizers, has received a grant of £4.9 billion to expand into polyhalite production at its Boulby mine in...
23.04.2014
- U.S.-based Platform Specialty Chemicals has agreed to acquire the agricultural chemicals business of compatriot Chemtura for around $1 billion in cash and stocks. The activities of...
15.04.2014
- As Germany's federal government has apparently decided not to opt out of planting the genetically manipulated maize Pioneer 1507, expected to be approved by the European Commission...
15.04.2014
- France's Technip has won a contract for engineering, procurement and construction (EPD) from U.S. agriculture giant Cargill for the new €60 million bioethanol plant scheduled to go...
31.03.2014
- Antonio Galindez, president and CEO of Dow AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical, will retire with effect from May 1. He has held the position since 2009. Moving...